Trunk murder recounted as suspect hides body location
Police said the man attempted to dump a trunk into a channel dragging it to a launching ramp and into deeper water. After car trouble and a tavern stop, he swam to resink the trunk, then fled with a stolen bicycle and drove away as investigators traced the scene to a First Street apartment where murder is believed to have occurred.
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Crame
Marty Klein
Wally Dillon
First Street
Peoria Mayor Reveals Alcohol Treatment Stint
Peoria Tennessee Mayor Michael OBrien disclosed at two news conferences that his eight week absence from city hall was for alcoholism treatment at a Minnesota hospital. He returned to work last Monday and said he feels like a new man with no plans beyond finishing his term. He regrets not being the leader he should have been.
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Peoria
Michael O'Brien
City Hall
Minnesota
Brien
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Reds bar POW release and accuse U S of breaking pact
Repatriation plans shift with a Wednesday completion goal and a new timetable for withdrawing U S troops from South Vietnam. White House mentions assurances on Laos prisoners, while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong spokesmen dispute and accuse each other of abandoning agreed terms amid the Joint Commission talks.
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Vietnam
Warren
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
Joint Commission
le Quang Hoa
Pathet
Phoong Nam
Richardson Says Draft Ends July 1 All-Volunteer Force Goal
Defense Secretary Elliott Richardson announced the draft will end July 1 and the all volunteer Army will be achieved without weakening military strength. He told Senate Armed Services Committee chairs that draft authority need not be extended beyond July 1 and urged Congress to keep draft laws for resumption if needed. He cited retaining medical personnel as a remaining issue and urged legislation to improve reenlistment for medical specialists.
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APS
Defense
Elliott Richardson
Department of Defense
Vixon Administration
Sas
Armed Services
Senate
Mouse
Richardson
Congress
Stocks Plunge As Inflation Drives Rates Higher
New York markets fell sharply as inflation and rising interest rates spiked investor worry. The Dow slid toward five month lows while the stock exchange saw more declines than advances, with analysts citing high consumer prices and tighter lending as the main triggers.
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Alyaul
New York Stok Exchange
Breath test gadget shocks teetotaler in Vermont Senate
Vermont Senate committee invited lawmakers to view a breath testing gadget. Stunned by the device, Pattick Leal, a county official and teetotaler, submitted to the test and showed alcohol on his breath, prompting questions about the machine's reading of a 0.25 percent level.
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UPN
Turing
Vermont Senate
Ghilton County
Pattick Leal
T. Garry Buckley
Neely
Tesk
Lealy
Firing squad executes Salvador rapist Aguilar Orellana
In San Salvador a National Guard firing squad executed Aguilar Orellana, a convicted rapist who assaulted a 16 year old girl in 1970. About 0,000 spectators watched as guards cleared traffic and spectators reported beatings during the tense scene. He asked to die cleanly, carried a Bible, and said his death would be prayed for.
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San Salvador
UPT
National Guard
Aguilar Orellana
Salvador
Itate
Aguilap
Orellana
Black mayor lauds Army progress on race relations
Gary Indiana mayor Richard Hatcher praised the U S Army in Garmisch Germany as a leader in promoting better racial relations at a U S Army Europe equal opportunity conference He urged expanding command opportunities for qualified white officers and noted surprise at the military’s commitment to addressing the issue The remarks came as part of a discussion on human relations and integration within the force
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Germany
UPT
Richard Hatcher
Gary
Ind
U.S. Army
Hatcher
Amerie
U.S. Army Europe
Meat price protests rise as substitutes sought
Protests mounting across states press for meat substitutes while wholesalers cut prices two to three cents a pound on the West Coast. Officials say consumer boycotts may ease the cost squeeze. a easing of prices could prompt a broader reconsideration of food costs and labor contracts.
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CIC
Herbert Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers Today
Washington
Stein
Ex-Gov Kerner seeks retrial in Illinois bribery case
Former Illinois Governor Otto Kerner was convicted Feb. 19 on bribery conspiracy jail fraud income tax evasion and perjury charges. Attorneys Pan Connolly Kerner's chief lawyer filed motions Wednesday for a new trial and a directed judgment of acquittal. Connolly argued the jury verdict was general sweeping and indistinct in a tersely worded brief.
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Kerner
Chicago
UPI
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Pan Connolly
Connolly
Attorneys form panel to aid Indians at Wounded Knee
A 12 member panel of lawyers was organized to launch a legal assault on the U S Justice Department on behalf of Indians at Wounded Knee. Ramon Roubideaux said William Kunstler and Mark Lane were among the attorneys set to file suits in Rapid City federal court against the Justice Department the FBI and the U S Marshals Service. He cited arrests of about 130 people without crimes and claimed abuses by federal agents and tribal government actions at Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee on the Oglala Sioux reservation.
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U.S. Justice Department
Ramon Roubideaux
Rapid City
S.D
American Indian Movement
William Kynstler
Mark Lane
New York
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Pine Ridge
Oglala Sioux
Roubideaux
Dustie Department
Lane
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
PBI
U.S. Marshals Service
Wales
Catholics OK Irish peace bid
The Social Democratic and Labour Party, the main Catholic party in Northern Ireland, gave a cautious welcome to the British plan for Ulster’s future after a secret meeting in Pomeroy. It said some proposals are an advance while reservations remain, and it would push for an all Ireland council and run candidates in the new 80 member assembly elections. Margaret W. Price, 62, longtime president of the national Girl Scout organization, died Tuesday of cancer.
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UPI
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Pomeroy
Tryone
SDLP
Ladue, Mo
Margaret W. Price
National
Girl Scout Organization
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